Kane Aldrich Enriquez

Age of Ultron is UNDERRATED. People liked the first one better because it was the culmination of about 4 years of waiting ever since Iron Man was released last 2008. We are all having goosebumps while watching that movie, especially the last scene (HULK SMASH!!!). We really loved that. Age of Ultron doesn't have that kind of element but it does not mean that it falls short of the original one. AOU has larger stakes at risk. AOU has better fight scenes (Was the original movie able to show a heart-stopping fight like what happened between Tony and Bruce after being mind-controlled by Wanda?). Their fight was enormous. AOU started the issues between Tony and Steve and that is why Civil War happened. That is why they fought Thanos separately. That is why the Avengers became TORN APART. AOU introduced Wanda, Pietro, and Vision. They were really good characters. The only problem here is that they were not fully utilized. AOU showed what kind of life our skilled marksman Barton has. We did not get to see most of his private matters before this movie. We got to know him a little bit. AOU was the reason for the next phase of MCU to happen. One of the most anticipated movies of 2017 happened, which is Thor: Ragnarok... If there was no Age of Ultron, we would not get to see Thor and Bruce's adventures. Without AOU, we would not see Infinity War and Endgame. We wouldn't even get WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Yes, Age of Ultron has those. We might say this is not the best movie of MCU, but it wasn't the worst one. :)

Black Widow isn't what I expected about two years ago. I do believe that this movie "could have been BETTER". The basic elements of an MCU movie is already there. The MCU formula was used in the movie but it wasn't enough to surprise me. Yes, there are always good and awful moments in a movie; flaws cannot be avoided because it is inevitable. In the case of Black Widow, I can say that the bad or awful moments are more noticeable in the spotlight rather than the good ones. It feels like most of the scenes were just fillers, trying to make the movie long. The bad points of the movie includes the overly utilization of CGI, unnatural representation of the family, disappointing villain, bad scoring, BAD SCRIPT, and the scenes where cohesiveness can be seen and paces nicely but weren't enough to impress; it wasn't that smart. I think that they try to make the movie look like Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Black Widow is also a spy-thriller movie. They got the good fights, chases, and the final act were good (especially when Natasha falls down the destroyed Red Room and Taskmaster were following her all the way down). Florence Pugh's portrayal of Yelena Belova was so good that I got to be inlove with her. I want to see more of her in the Hawkeye Series (Is she really going to kill Clint?). I also loved how they incorporated horrific elements in the introduction scene of the movie and they used a good song fit for that intro. Overall, I would rate the movie 2/5 ⭐. The hype for this movie was high, but the result were disappointing. They could have made this movie better. Natasha Romanoff deserves better. I wish this movie was made during the Civil War and Infinity War gap so people would more appreciate it (especially the vest wore by Natasha during in IW) now that we know that it is given to her by Yelena. "Natasha Romanoff will surely be missed..."